Theory classes

The content of the theory program will be taught mainly by the teacher as lectures with audio-visual support. The presentations used in class by the teacher will be available in the Virtual Campus. It is recommended to the students to obtain this material and to use it as support when taking notes. Although it is not essential to extend the contents of the classes, unless specifically requested, students are advised to consult regularly the books and texts recommended in the bibliography section of this guide to consolidate and clarify, if necessary, the topics of the program.

In addition to the attendance to the classes, the follow-up of the topics will also imply an active role of the student, who will have to develop individually or in team parts of the theory program. Two hours will be devoted to seminars. During the first seminar hour, students will work in groups of up to four people on a research article. During the following session, one representative from each group will give a presentation lasting a maximum of 10 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for questions.

Laboratory practices:

The practical sessions are designed to learn the basic methodologies used in Reproductive Biology laboratories and to complement the theoretical training. The students will take a total of 4 sessions of 3 hours each, working in groups of 2 and, during the sessions, they will have to answer a questionnaire.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

To pass the subject it will be necessary to obtain a final grade equal to or greater than 5 points (out of 10) and have attended to the practical sessions.

The scheduled evaluation activities are:

• First term exam: It will count on 40% of the final grade. The topics taught in the firts term of the theoretical sessions will be evaluated.
• Second term exam: It will count on 40% of the final mark. The topics taught in the second term of the theoretical sessions will be evaluated.

In order to pass the subjects evaluated in these two theoretical exams and to use the mark obtained for the final mark, it will be necessary to obtain a mínimum mark of 3.5 out of 10 in the two examinations.

• Retake exam: adressed to students who have not obtained a final matk to pass the subject and those who wants to improve their mark . The matk obtained in this examination will prevail. The methodology of the exam may be different from that used in previous assessments.

To participate in the retake exam, the students must have previously been evaluated in a set of activities whose weight equals to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the subject. Therefore, students will obtain the \"No-evaluable\" qualification when the assessed activities correspond to less than the 67% of the activities.

• Evaluation of practical sessions: It will count on 20% of the final mark. The laboratory practices will be evaluated during its realization by a questionnaire. Attendance to the practical sessions is mandatory. The students will obtain the \"No-evaluable\" qualification.
• Taking into account that practical sessions attendance is mandatory, an unjustified absence implies a penalty in the mark applying the following criteria:
• To miss one day implies a reduction of 30% in the laboratory practice mark.
• To miss two or more days implies a zero on the practice mark.
• Students who can not attend their group session due to a justified cause are exempt from this penalty. The justified cause is understood to be health problems (the corresponding medical certificate must be brought to the coordinator of the practices) or serious personal problems. In this case, the practice will be recovered whenever possible.
• Seminar Assessment: This will account for 5% of the final grade. Seminar sessions will be assessed during their delivery based on the quality and clarity of the presentation, as well as on the evaluation of the responses provided to the questions raised during the seminar.

Exam revisions: Exam revisions will be made individually, upon request, within the established deadlines.

UNIQUE EVALUATION

The unique evaluation consists of a synthesis written test in which the contents of the entire theorical programof the subject will be assessed. This test will weigh 80% on the final qualification of the subject. This test will be held on the same date fixed in the calendar for the second exam of the continuous evaluation, and the same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous assessment. In order to use the qualification obtained in this synthesis test to calculate the final mark of the subject, students must obtain a minimum score of 3.5 points in this exam.

The evaluation of laboratory practices will be carried out in the same way as described in the continuous evaluation, and will also have the same weight in the final mark (20%).

The same retake process and the not evaluated criteria will be applied as for continuous evaluation.

Use of AI:

Restricted use. For this subject, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted exclusively for support tasks, such as bibliographic or information searches, text correction, or translations for the development of seminars. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and final result of the activity. Lack of transparency regarding the use of AI in this assessable activity will be considered a breach of academic honesty and may result in a partial or total penalty on the activity's grade, or major sanctions in severe cases.

Any irregularity committed in an assessment activity (academic fraud, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade will result in that assessment being graded with a 0 (fail). If the course guide stipulates that obtaining a minimum grade in that assessment is an essential requirement to pass the course, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0. In addition, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who commits any of these irregularities.